Voucher Research

Resources

• New Study Finds Public High School Students on Par with Private High School Students [HTML 6,083kb]
  NSBA summary of major study by the Center on Education Policy from October 2007
  
• New Study on Milwaukee Vouchers Finds No Significant, Sustained Improvement in Public Schools Resulting from Competition [HTML 3,112kb]
  New Study On Milwaukee Vouchers Finds No Significant, Sustained Improvement in Public Schools Resulting from Competition
  
• Another Study Finds No Academic Impact from Vouchers [HTML 2,471kb]
• Cleveland Study: Evidence Undercuts Voucher Claims [HTML 6,730kb]
  NSBA reviews a 2003 evaluation of the Cleveland voucher program
  
• NSBA Reviews Study of Florida's McKay Voucher Program (2003) [HTML 12,591kb]
  NSBA looks at the findings of a 2003 study on Florida's McKay Voucher Program.
  
• Official evaluation of D.C. voucher program (U.S. Department of Education, June 2007)
  Study finds no significant academic differences in reading or math between voucher students and public school peers after one school year.
  
• New study on Cleveland voucher program from CUNY (January 2006)
  Researcher Clive Belfield examines the Cleveland voucher program in this 31-page study.
  
• New study reveals public schools outperform private schools on national math exam (January 2006)
  University of Illinois researchers find that after controlling for socio-economic differences, public schools outperform private schools. The researchers examined results from the 2003 NAEP Math for the study.
  
• Study: No Academic Gains From Vouchers for Black Students (Education Week, April 9)
  A new study of a privately funded voucher program in New York City counters the claims by another researcher about large academic gains for voucher students. The original study did not include scores for a substantial number of students in the program, according to the new review. This article also contains links to each study. (NOTE: Site registration required)